DMG Table 56

Dungeon Master Guide

Ch 11: Encounters
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Encounters
What is an Encounter?
Planned Encounters
Keys • Triggers Combining Keys and Triggers
Random Encounters
Should You Use Random Encounters? Characteristics of Random Encounter Tables
Creating Encounter Tables
The 2-20 Table The Percentile Table Dungeon Encounter Tables Wildernesss Encounter Tables Special Encounter Tables Spicing Up Encounter Tables Table 54: 2-20 Encounter Table Table 55: Dungeon Level
DMing Encounters
Encounter Checks Is This Encounter Necessary? Encounter Size Table 56: Frequency & Chance of Wilderness Encounters
Surprise
Table 57: Surprise Modifiers
Encounter Distance
Table 58: Encounter Distance
Encounter Reactions
Table 59: Encounter Reactions
Fixing Things in Play
The Encounter is Too Difficult The Encounter Gave Away Too Much Treasure The Encounter Was Too Easy

Table 56: Frequency & Chance of Wilderness Encounters

Terrain Type	Encounter Chance	Time of Day
		7-10 a.m.	11 a.m.-2 p.m.	3-6 p.m.	7-10 p.m.	11 p.m.-2 a.m.	3-6 a.m.
Plain	1	x	—	x	—	x	—
Scrub/brush	1	x	—	x	x	—	x
Forest	2	x	x	x	x	x	x
Desert	1	x	—	—	x	—	x
Hills	2	—	x	—	x	—	x
Mountains	3	x	—	—	x	x	—
Swamp	4	x	x	x	x	x	x
Jungle	3	x	x	x	x	x	—
Ocean	1	—	x	—	—	x	—
Arctic	1	—	—	x	x	—	—